House Candy

Building With The Boys: Build, Remodel, or Just Buy As Is: What Would YOU Do?

By Candy Evans / September 6, 2012 /

I know, I know, we are way overdue for the second installment of “Building With The Boys.” The house is practically graduating from high school. I’ve been bogged down with my own fun plumbing issues: my Groehe faucet in my laundry room blew a gasket and flooded, THANK GOD for water bug sensors. Though I…

Dang! John Wiley Price’s Attorney is Like a God In My Dallas Real Estate Eyes

By Candy Evans / August 29, 2012 /

Mea Culpa. I goofed. So very sorry. What more can I say but this is proof that your real estate reporter will always get off her butt and go check out a house before she writes about it. What am I, getting lazy in my old age? (Maybe.) (Or maybe too much alcohol.) So I…

Inside the Ladies Lounge Room at the DCC: Why Our Dallas Real Estate Market is Looking As Great As These Virginia Cook Agents!

By Candy Evans / August 29, 2012 /

Note to self: never wear white or Pucci when you are standing next to four gorgeous women, three of whom are Virginia Cook agents! I believe the prerequisite for being a Virginia Cook agent is to be shapely, blonde and beautiful. Or a curvy, gorgeous brunette like Jolene Crawford, who kept us blonde babes at…

Tuesday Two Hundred My Foot: Live in Southlake for Way, Way Less Than the Pro Boys

By Candy Evans / August 29, 2012 /

I wanted to see if we common folks can live in the mid-cities area, like Southlake, just like all these pro ball player and coaches. I love Vaquero and Westwyck Hills — especially the way they spell the name –but you have to drop at least a couple million. It’s Tuesday $200, our “value real…

How To Tell If You Should Make a Low Ball Offer on a Home: Don’t Check the Fridge

By Candy Evans / August 28, 2012 /

Well, you could, but the wine cellar is a way more telling spot. First of all, an empty wine cellar usually means no one lives in the house except for a Castle Keeper. Ain’t no way a Castle Keeper is going to be drinking red wine. Secondly, when you move, you take the good wine…